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New Model to Improve Quality of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Tumors

Early diagnosis of cancer is one of the highest-priority problem for the healthcare system, because it is critical for overall treatment success and saving patients' lives.

2 Jun 2020

Developing A Digital Holography-Based Multimodal Imaging System To Visualize Living Cells

A research group led by Kobe University's Professor MATOBA Osamu (Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research) has successfully created 3D fluorescence and phase imaging of living cells based on digital holography.

2 Jun 2020

Biophysicists Reveal Mechanism of Light-Driven Sodium Pumping

An international research team has for the first time obtained the structure of the light-sensitive sodium-pumping KR2 protein in its active state.

29 May 2020

High-Resolution Imaging Reveals Makeup of Virus Particles

At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), laser and biology specialists have teamed up to create a new platform and experiments to analyze the components and structure of viruses, such as the one causing the current COVID-19 infection.

29 May 2020

New Study Could Help Develop Optical Radiation Products to Disinfect Surfaces

Commercial buildings and hospitals will have to sanitize large indoor environments now and in the coming months to inhibit the transmission of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

28 May 2020

A Novel LED Irradiation System to Kill Hospital Pathogens

A novel LED irradiation system developed by the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut aims to kill microorganisms with ultra-short wave UV light - without side effects.

27 May 2020

Examining the Ability of Optical Radiation to Disinfect Surfaces

Now and in the months to come, hospitals and commercial buildings will be tasked with sanitizing large indoor environments to prevent the transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

27 May 2020

UVC Light-Emitting Diodes Show Promise in Fighting Hospital Germs

The Robert Koch Institute reports that every year, Germany experiences 400,000 to 600,000 infections that are caused by hospital germs and lead to the death of approximately 10,000 to 20,000 people.

26 May 2020